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4th day in Southern Grid
Location Howland Is. to 1-45-N; 176-10 w)
Observer Balccomb et al Date 18 July Time 0820 to 185755
Weather Squalls Miles 84 Hours 10hr 37min (637 min)
SPECIES NUMBERS REMARKS
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 28 dark phase
Sooty Shearwater
Slender-billed Shearwater
Christmas Island Shearwater
Newell's Shearwater
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Kermodec Petrel
Phoenix Island Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Bonin Island Petrel
Black-winged Petrel 7
Bulwer's Petrel 1
Leach's Storm Petrel 1 collected
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird 1
Blue-faced Booby 111 43 546 adults blue streamer
Brown Booby 3 Adult
Red-footed Booby 1 Adult
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird 16
Golden Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Sooty Tern 634 All Ad. 4 collected 1 banded 773-25557
Gray-backed Tern
Common Noddy Tern
Fairy Tern 2
Pomarine Jaeger
WRSP 1
Pterodroma sp 2
Booby sp 11
Frigate sp 6
Tern = 636
Booby = 126
Shear-Pet = 38
Frigate = 22
5 Storm-Petrel = 2
Tropic Bird = 1
Total Birds 925
Total Sightings
Total Flocks 13 (687)
Total Species 11
FF=5(539)
ST-MNH-11-1.66